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grasses up

grasses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grass up.

Meaning of grass up

Verb

grass up (third-person singular simple present grasses up, present participle grassing up, simple past and past participle grassed up)

  1. (UK, slang) To betray by informing on.
    • My sister grassed me up to the caretaker! She thought she was doing me a favour — by grassing me up she was sure he'd let me off.1999, Angela Devlin, Bob Turney, Going Straight: After Crime and Punishment, →ISBN

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What is grasses up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Grasses up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grass up.

Words near grasses up in the dictionary

  1. grasser
  2. grasserie
  3. grassers
  4. grasses
  5. grasses on
  6. grasses up
  7. Grasset
  8. grassfield
  9. grassfields
  10. grassfinch
  11. grassfinches

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